linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Introduce a version6 of autofs interface, to fix design error.

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Date:	Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:37:12 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com>
CC:	Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	autofs@...r.kernel.org, Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>,
	Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Introduce a version6 of autofs interface, to fix design
 error.

On 04/27/2012 08:47 AM, Mark Lord wrote:
> On 12-04-27 05:45 AM, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> ..
>> Please note: the talk is about 32bit userspace on 64bit kernel,
>> which should be quite rare these days, or something of less
>> priority.
> 
> 
> I suspect 32bit-PAE is more common than 32/64,
> but both are valid and not uncommon in the wild.

32-on-64 is a very important use case, because it lets us get people off
32-bit kernels.

	-hpa

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